crazycraker Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I'm only new to utorrent and the bit torrent thing and i was wondering what to set my upload speed to. i've got a 6 meg connection and an upload capacity of aprox 470. Any other tips on how to set up utorrent would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckle Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Upload speed = Your upload speed in kbps (470 in this case) / 8 (to convert into kBps) = 58.75Now that you have your speed in kBps, set your speed to roughly 65-85%, so (38 - 50 kBps). That should help . I'd also try setting it lower (just to see... this range generally gives the optimum results) - not any higher though, or that will throttle your bandwith (and slow down your download and browsing speed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycraker Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Sweet. Was trying to figure that out for ages. thanks very much Was wondering what should my download speed be if i'm on a 6 meg connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Or just run Speed Guide (CTRL+G) and choose either the xx/384k or x/512k setting. (With the xx/512k setting, you may need to reduce the resulting upload speed max by 1-5 KB/sec.) This should give you reasonably good settings for MORE than just upload speed max...and hopefully will net you decent download speeds in return on your torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycraker Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Have changed to 512k and set my global upload to 40. Was wondering why i need this setting at 512k if it's a 6m connection. i Dont get this stuff at all. have been reading about it for the past few days but my heads like a deflector shield. the info just bounces off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckle Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 The 512k refers to your upload speed, while the 6m of your connection refers to your download speed. Simple as that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycraker Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 i eventually figured that one out!! Doh!! My upload speeds are working fine but my download speeds are really poor. don't know if my isp has throttled downloads on torrents or just on peek times but i can't seem to get over 40 kB/s. I dont have a router and there's no problem with my firewall as i disabled it and ran utorrent with no change. i also tweeked my setting and opened 50 half open connections with some patch. I increased my tcp recieve through some other patch and still nothing!! i'm at a complete loss. i know some torrents are just slow but they can't all be that slow. help please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royhid Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Folks, I followed most of the speed tweaking stuff on here and now my speeds are great. Download the latest episode of 24 got me to 1000kB/s and over!Currently i get around 500kB/s and over for ok seeded files, but each new episode gets me about 1000 the day after it is released.Thanks for your help guys!!!royhid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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